I consider Bloodborne, Arkham Knight, Witcher 3 and MGS V (and lets throw Undertale for good measure) significantly stiffer competition than Journey, TWD, Far Cry 3 and Dishonored. If Bioware couldn't rise above these, then yeah, that's a disappointment.
See, these are disingenuous and subjective argumentsI was massively disappointed by ME3. And I feel Andromeda got more hate than it deserved. Both are largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. That 93 wasn't even enough to become a unanimous GoTY amidst indie games. Wonder why lol
All the games you listed for the year ME3 came out, these are all 90+ metacritic scoring games. That's called a very competitive year.
The Walking Dead: The Game - 92 meta
Journey - 92 meta
Far Cry 3 - 91 meta
Dishonored - 91 meta
Mass Effect 3 - 93 meta
If this is not a competitive pool, I don't know what you consider a competitive pool.
An unrelated good game from a team with good pedigry exceeded expectations therefore the game which won the next highest number of GoTY awards is a disappointment ?Disappointment implies expectations. Even Dishonored exceeded those and ME3 fell short. It says something that you consider that a worthy successor lol
I don't think it should take a hard looking to see how flawed your logic and arguments here are lol. Mass Effect 3 is a disappointment because it won *A MERE 30* Game of the Year awards, and some other games won more .. which were better received and .. to quote your own words .. EXCEED EXPECTATIONS .. thus making them more likely to win more awards ..
We'll see at the end of this year, if Metro Exodus wins any short of 85 GoTY awards it will be branded a complete and utter failure, lol.